than 450 ##0 athletes participated in 27 sports . all competitors in the games can compete in the southeast sports festival while medalist ##s may move up to the bi @ - @ annual state games of america . originally the games were held in one weekend in june , but as more sports were added , the event was expanded to two weekends . opening ceremonies always begin on the 3rd friday of june in downtown meridian . the games are held at several sports parks , including northeast park , sam ##mie davidson complex , and other various fields throughout the city . northeast park is an 85 @ - @ acre ( 34 ha ) park on highway 39 that contains ten tennis courts ,
than 4500 athletes participated in 27 sports. all competitors in the games can compete in the southeast sports festival while medalists may move up to the bi @ - @ annual state games of america. originally the games were held in one weekend in june, but as more sports were added, the event was expanded to two weekends. opening ceremonies always begin on the 3rd friday of june in downtown meridian. the games are held at several sports parks, including northeast park, sammie davidson complex, and other various fields throughout the city. northeast park is an 85 @ - @ acre ( 34 ha ) park on highway 39 that contains ten tennis courts,